Turkey - South Asia Strategic Dialogue

  • "Thinking Diplomacy: New World New Horizons"
Turkey - South Asia Strategic Dialogue; aims at revealing how mutual potentials and existing collaborations can be transformed into a strategic alliance and targets to contribute to the capacity building of the strategic ground. The Strategic Dialogue aims to promote the recognition of relevant institutions and foundations, to increase the influence of civil societies, to contribute to development, to utilize the expertise in the development of resources and workplaces, to contribute to promotional ac-tivities, to explore opportunities for academic cooperation and to develop a strategic approach to ensure that all these studies are evaluated in integrity.

Main Theme
Thinking Diplomacy: New World New Horizons

Sub-Themes
New Balances New Economy
Economic Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
Regional Peacebuilding Efforts: Turkey - South Asian Countries
Turkey-EU Relations and the South Asian Countries
Technological, Academic and Cultural Cooperation
Middle East, Africa, South Asian Countries Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation
Energy, Geopolitics and Security Cooperation
Relations with US, China, Russia and New Partners

The economic development of the Gulf Region and Gulf countries over the last quarter century has been remarkable. Gulf countries have become major investors, buying famous European brands (such as football clubs in the Premier League or the Current 2025 UEFA Champions League Champions Paris Saint Ge...;

Türkiye’s emergence as a decisive middle power in global AI governance depends on its potential and the strategic mobilization of its governance capacity. The second part of this article demonstrates how Türkiye can leverage its advantages, such as its technical competencies, foreign policy architec...;

“Turkish Naval Power from Seas to Oceans” Humanity lives on the lithosphere - land masses that rise and fall within the hydrosphere, whichcovers 72% of Earth’s surface. These land masses, which constitute humanity’s natural habitat, make up a relatively small part of the planet. In essence, every...;

Concerns must be taken into account that comprehensive international military strategies may, in some cases, contribute to regional security crises in Africa. Due to both broad industrial challenges and narrower defence industry limitations, African states often struggle to adequately build their mi...;

Asia, home to emerging global powers, has become the economic and strategic center of the world in the 21st century. Türkiye’s “Asia Anew” initiative, announced in 2019 to forge stronger ties with this continent with which it shares deep-rooted connections, reflects an innovative and entrepreneurial...;

Our world is rapidly evolving into a multi-layered universe of "security and defence" under the influence of swiftly advancing technologies and profound sociopolitical transformations. This transformation is reshaping not only military and technological capacities but also societal and ethical value...;

Türkiye is exercising its vocation as an emerging power and is trying to build relationships with Africa. Internationally this was noticeable particularly with Somalia. Turkish Airlines’ scheduled links with Somalia symbolized this connection and was taken as both daring and a sign of commitment eve...;

The agenda of Iran is mostly based on Islamic Revolution and Nuclear Energy issues. Geo-political location can be seen as the root of discomfort by the West. The Persian Gulf which still has a big importance to the United Nations in case of nuclear energy and security. 1 This security analysis aimed...;

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